Y2K? How about Y2.02K as Lloyds suffers its second TITSUP* of the year

UK banking giant Lloyds is having a mare of a 2020 as its systems fell over for the second day running today. The bank rang in 2020 with online services dropping over as party-goers stumbled home, offering apologies as customers struggled with mobile apps and web logins before finally getting its act together by around midday …

[Dr_N]

Blackhorse Down

What's the tagline?

"Leave Norman (Blackwell) Behind"

[arctic_haze]

The 2020 Microsoft scourge

Causing the Windows 7 end of life.

[Version 1.0]

JABS

Just Another Banking Screwup - it's no big surprise is it? Banking via apps that get "updated" to move the bugs around, coding that "works" until something changes (like the new year) and then needs to be "fixed" - don't worry, they will get this fixed soon and it will be reliable for another year with any luck or at least until the next Java update.

Reliable Software is an oxymoron these days.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: JABS

That's Continuous Delivery for you...

[GruntyMcPugh]

How's that offshoring going?

And how many of the 500 permies TUPED over are still there I wonder?

Could be worse I guess, they could be supported by whoever does Travelex.

[Anonymous Coward]

Other W2K20 bugs

As reported, below, by Kotaku, WWE 2k20 is having a ... 2k20 bug:

https://kotaku.com/due-to-a-y2k-like-bug-wwe-2k20-is-almost-unplayable-in-1840760479

The irony is, this game, on top of being a glitchy and fuming mess, is called ... 2k20 and can't even reach 2020 !

[MacroRodent]

Bad Y2K fix?

I wonder if this spate of 2020 bugs is caused by quick&dirty Y2K fixes that assume 2-digit years below 20 mean 20xx, and the rest 19xx ?

Developer in 1999: "Surely this crappy software gets replaced by 2020..."

[Haynomonous]

Re: Bad Y2K fix?

'Surely by 2020 this will be someone else's problem.'

[MrKrotos]

Lloyds

They still have customers?

[Pascal Monett]

Re: Lloyds

If TSB still does, they still can.

[andy gibson]

no security checks

Quite worryingly it allowed me to login, setup a new bank transfer recipient and transferred £2000 without any of the usual security checks and phone calls.

[TheMeerkat]

Why these companies have Twitter account?

It is usually just full of people complaining and bots on the other side saying “we are sorry” and give pointless advice on contacting customer service.